mummy case
Pharaoh's final container
A mummy case is a decorated container, usually wooden, shaped to hold a mummified body.
Ancient Egyptian mummy cases were often painted with the deceased's likeness and covered in hieroglyphics and protective symbols.
The case typically fit inside a larger stone sarcophagus: The museum's mummy case still shows traces of blue and gold paint.
- sarcophagusCarved stone burial container
- coffinBurial container for remains
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- burial chamberRoom for interring remains
- Valley of the KingsEgyptian pharaonic burial ground
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- mummiesKing Tut, Ramses, bandages, linen bandages, natron
- burial containerscoffin, casket, urn, sarcophagus, cremation urn
- Egyptian artifactsscarab, scarabs, canopic jar, canopic jars, papyrus
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burial containment method
mummy caseburial shroud
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